Photos of plant life
This thread is for photos of plant life, for the plant lovers.
Really delicate and calming. What are they?
@recliningfate I'm not sure. I wish I knew more names of flowers. I get hopelessly lost in their beauty but don't always know their name.
So beautiful! You guys can grow them outside!
Yes! We have huge holly trees 40-60 ft tall around here!
Really beautiful! What is it?
@recliningfate They're Asiatic lilies :)
I’m enjoying all these flowers!
Here's a kind of "photo dump." You will notice that this is mostly flowers. My realization yesterday when I was taking a photo of a very mature and beautiful lichen that had taken over a log, was that this is soooo limiting. I cannot upload a photo directly from my phone, so you will have to wait to see the lichen photo until I have transferred photos to my computer. (Computer person, any help with this? Some of us only have phones and therefore cannot upload photos from our phones.)
Here's the dump:
Apples from apple picking.
A surprise dahlia in the fall. You can see the brown autumn leaves around this surprise bloom I planted five or so years ago.
This plant has center leaves in the shape of a heart. I didn't buy it, but took a photo. Pro tip for those trying to save money: just take a photo of the plants you like, you don't have to buy all of them.
Lots of love and looking forward to seeing more plant photos. The lichen photo is coming, I promise, I just have to jump through a few hoops to give it to you.
@PatienceImpatiens I love clicking plants, well more like flowers for the most part, I do occasionaly also post them on an *** page I have: https://www.***.com/projectphone_/?hl=en
these 2 are my absolute favourites! you can see a bee going towards the flower in the second one, which makes it even prettier :>
@DeterministicRaven The bee going towards the flower adds such a special touch. Bees are indeed so essential to creation. I love your flower photos and am so glad you posted here!
Unfortunately I haven't gotten round to downloading the lichen (and mushroom!) photos so that I can upload them to this thread! But I wanted to wish all of you a plant-filled holiday season! I hope you can take lots of photos of plants you like and post them here! Carry on! Lots of love!
@PatienceImpatiens
Here's the lichen I promised you. The log is from a tree that is over 400 years old. Yes, I counted. The lichen, along with all the other rotting, gradually creates fertile soil and a "fungal network" that also allows trees to communicate with each other. Fascinating stuff. I like them lichens.
@PatienceImpatiens 400 years old! That's amazing! So cool you counted the rings 😊
Learning the forest communicates through fungal networks was quite integrating for me as it represents that everything is connected to me. There seems to be a really intentional way that elements are arranged.
Thank you for sharing this!
@recliningfate Yes, there's quite a bit of literature and scientific research on this communication at this point. Among other things I wish I was better at, it's quoting all this scientific research!
@PatienceImpatiens
Wow!
@ArianKae 😊
@PatienceImpatiens
Wish I was organised enough to look after plants... I think I'd end up killing them!
Some of these plants are beautiful ❤️
@Obstruct I'm glad you have this place to look at plants! Also, there's another few threads in this hobby zone that have some pretty cool plants to look at; then you can just enjoy without any worries!
@PatienceImpatiens Nice To Know Thank You ☺️
